Do y'all agree, or is it just me? It's a struggle for me getting it back in there...I fold it in half, so the pitchloks are together so there's less rolling - and try to keep the width no greater than those pitchloks...
Do y'all agree, or is it just me? It's a struggle for me getting it back in there...I fold it in half, so the pitchloks are together so there's less rolling - and try to keep the width no greater than those pitchloks...
Don't know about this specific tent,but have you considered just stuffing it instead of folding? Works for me.
The trick with any tent fabric is to have as much as you can flat and eliminate all possible wrinkles before folding/rolling. To use an extreme example, think of the volume taken by a brand new rolled up newspaper vs one that has had every page crumpled and then rolled/folded or a bed sheet folded compared to one just bunched up.
I replace most manufacturer-provided stuff sacks so I don't have to fight them. I find that a looser stuff sack makes for a more pliable package in the pack, whether the contents are rolled, folded or stuffed. Instead of a stiff "log" of tent, you have a soft tube that can be packed more efficiently.
Deadeye is deadon, and what I do as well. Just get a slightly larger stuff sack.
The whole purpose of stuffing a tent into the stuff sack rather than folding or rolling it up was due to the creases that occurred in PU coated nylon tents over time - People being creatures of habit would generally fold a tent the same way over time and small pinholes would occur where 2 folds continually met. I don't know what new manufacturers suggest now, but I agree with Deadeye on using different stuffsacks.
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yes, re. replacing with a looser sack if Franco's tip doesn't help. The last thing any of us need when we're out backpacking is for routine tasks to be unnecessarily difficult!
Neatness always counts.
Cheers!
Wayne
Dang - there goes my commissions from stuff sack sales.
I've had three Tarptents, the first two were silnylon and I NEVER had trouble getting them to fit in the sack they came with. The third one is a DR Li, and it is a snug fit getting it back into its sack. As has been stated, a little more care is required to roll it properly.
I've had my share of tents and other items that come with a bag. I can never get back anything into the original bag. I have the Tarptent Stratospire Li and use another, bigger, waterproof, sack.
My Notch Li had the same issue - I could be very careful to roll it perfectly, and it would fit. Otherwise it was a bit of a fight. Not wanting to have to take the time and energy each morning, I finally bought a slightly larger bag for it. I have not weighed the different bags, but I am sure it is just a few grams. I will gladly carry those additional grams if it means putting my tent away each morning is that much easier.
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I have been suggesting that for over 20 years but most often it gets ignored. In fact I even posted a couple of videos demonstrating that. I now do car camping and use a 30 kg (66 lbs!!!) canvas tent that needs both the fly and inner to be carefuly folded flat to fit inside the already enormous bag.